SB2014061505 - Amazon Linux AMI update for perl-Capture-Tiny
Published: June 15, 2014
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014061505
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Link following (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-1875)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate or delete data.
The Capture::Tiny module before 0.24 for Perl allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.